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I’d be happier with a 99% tax on crypto mining, however I don’t see how this could enforced.
by everdrive 3y ago
I’d be happier with a 99% tax on crypto mining, however I don’t see how this could enforced.
- shadowgovt 3y agoAt present, there are companies in negotiation with various landowners to set up mining rigs on otherwise-disused natural gas wells. The wells are too far off the beaten path to be economical to run (some gas sources aren't revenus-positive when you factor in transportation), but building out a small crypto-mining shack next to the well and a small refiner and generator is pretty straightforward, and bits can be transported at a fraction of the cost of gas molecules. That sort of thing would be trivial to tax with this system, because if you're going to build one of these rigs you have to maintain paperwork with the state to open the well (and if you don't, the EPA does independent monitoring and will eventually say "Hey, what's this huge plume of heated exhaust showing up on infrared coming from this farmer's back-acre?").